{"id":6954,"date":"2023-02-20T05:56:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T10:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=6954"},"modified":"2023-02-20T05:59:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T10:59:18","slug":"a-great-day-for-tennis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/?p=6954","title":{"rendered":"A great day for tennis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"202\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/48967B67-9D55-4353-AEB3-C4E956336F6A.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6955\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/48967B67-9D55-4353-AEB3-C4E956336F6A.jpeg 202w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/48967B67-9D55-4353-AEB3-C4E956336F6A-189x300.jpeg 189w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><figcaption>Alcaraz serving<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I fooled around and didn\u2019t buy a ticket in advance for the Argentine Open, but I got incredibly lucky and found someone selling a primo ticket outside the gate for yesterday\u2019s final, #2 Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) vs #12 Cameron Norris (UK). It was a fun match &#8211; Alcaraz won 6-3, 7-5; Norrie made the second set tight at the end. Before the singles final, I watched the doubles team of Bolelli and Fognini (Italy) beat Barrientos and Behar (Colombia\/Uruguay). It was beautiful weather and just a big time overall. The venue is relatively small, around 5,000, I think, so it felt very intimate. And to be able to watch two really top-ranked players in the world was phenomenal!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"236\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/07D5582D-E4BA-4D85-AAD0-86508A0D7C06.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6956\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/07D5582D-E4BA-4D85-AAD0-86508A0D7C06.jpeg 236w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/07D5582D-E4BA-4D85-AAD0-86508A0D7C06-221x300.jpeg 221w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><figcaption>Cameron Norrie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/F5D28402-F52C-4081-A369-CE016CDF8DF3.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6957\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/F5D28402-F52C-4081-A369-CE016CDF8DF3.jpeg 240w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/F5D28402-F52C-4081-A369-CE016CDF8DF3-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption>Bonus sighting of Gabriela Sabatini, the queen of Argentina tennis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Saturday was also a lot of fun &#8211; Luis and Mercedes, who we met at the Ambassador\u2019s wedding anniversary party, invited us to their home north of town for an asado lunch. We sat outside overlooking the gorgeous pool and yard &#8211; very peaceful and great food and conversation. Very nice folks!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve been working mostly from home on a joint project with DC this week; it\u2019s an interesting project that requires a lot of reading and analysis. I had dinner with Lea one day after work at Carneros. The walk up there was chilly! The temperature dropped into the 60s all of a sudden and stayed cool on Friday with a crazy low of 55 when we woke up. Luis and Mercedes said it was the coldest this time of year in 60 years &#8211; I\u2019ll take it as a nice break from last weekend\u2019s 99! John and I took a nice bike ride Sunday morning and the cooler temps made it so pleasant! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I finished Selma Blair\u2019s \u201cMean Baby\u201d and started \u201cThe Body Keeps the Score.\u201d TV-wise, we watched season one of \u201cThe Recruit,\u201d which was kind of mindless and goofy; we started season two of \u201cAstrid\u201d last night.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DBBB5166-508B-4748-A04E-10261DA336CD.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6959\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DBBB5166-508B-4748-A04E-10261DA336CD.jpeg 320w, http:\/\/www.criplomats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/DBBB5166-508B-4748-A04E-10261DA336CD-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>The cool weather brought some beautiful clouds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I fooled around and didn\u2019t buy a ticket in advance for the Argentine Open, but I got incredibly lucky and found someone selling a primo ticket outside the gate for yesterday\u2019s final, #2 Carlos Alcaraz (Spain) vs #12 Cameron Norris (UK). 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